Justin Rose made four birdies and kept a bogey off his card
Justin Rose birdied two of
the last three holes to get within two shots of leader Brendan Steele
after the third round of the Frys.com Open in California.
The
Ryder Cup star carded a blemish-free 68 to move to 12 under 204 for the
tournament as Steele held off a series of challenges to maintain the
lead he has held since his opening 63 at Silverado Country Club in the
Napa Valley. Rose struggled to get much going on the greens as he
parred the first seven holes before breaking the shackles with a 10-foot
birdie putt at the eighth, and his 110-yard approach to the next was
the perfect distance and left him a tap-in from 18 inches for another
birdie.
He
missed makeable chances from inside 12 feet at 11, 12 and 13, but he
rolled in his third birdie putt of the round at the 16th and added
another from six feet at 17 before settling for a closing par at the
par-five last after finding a fairway bunker with his drive. Rose
will go into the final round two adrift of Steele, who carded four
birdies and one bogey in a solid 69 which left him one clear of fellow
Americans Andrew Loupe and Kevin Na. "I
played better than I scored," Steele said. "That was a great round that
Andrew shot. The way it firmed up at the end
yesterday and how firm it was today, you really had to be on your game
in order to do that. I guess you never underestimate the talent level
out here." Loupe had made the first significant move of the day
and threatened something special when he birdied the opening five holes,
only to bogey the sixth despite having only 83 yards to the pin for his
second shot. He
picked up another birdie at nine and reeled off four in a row from the
14th before a par at the last completed a superb 63 to match Steele's
first-round card. Na cruised to the turn in 32 and broke a run of
six pars with his fifth birdie of the day at 15, and he then knocked a
sublime second to six feet at the long 16th and rolled in the putt for
eagle. He
added another birdie at the last to cap a faultless 64 and join Loupe
on 13 under, while Jason Bohn was also eight under for the day after a
remarkable mid-round run of six birdies in eight holes followed by three
more over the last four. Martin Laird will have Rory McIlroy as a playing partner for th final round after dropping down the scoreboard with a third-round 74, following a 65 and a 71, to be T39 on 210. Fellow Scot Russell Knox missed the halfway cut by a shot with scores of 69 and 74 for 143.
Rory McIlroy nearly plunked by golf ball at Frys.com Open
Rory McIlroy, shown at the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
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By Kevin Casey
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Maybe soccer isn't the only sport that can put Rory McIlroy's health in danger.
The World No. 3 was chipping near the drivable par-4 17th green
during the third round of the Frys.com Open on Saturday when a missile
from the tee box, courtesy of Emiliano Grillo, came flying right at
McIlroy.
The Northern Irishman was possibly a mere feet from getting hit
square in the head. Luckily, the ball missed McIlroy entirely, and he
had a good bit of humor about the situation in the aftermath.
"It would have put me out of my misery, to be honest with you,"
McIlroy said of the near-miss following a 1-under 71 that dropped him to
T-39.
Grillo, for his part, posted an apology regarding the incident.
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